Great for students, great for general information, the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s Animal Diversity Web is written largely by and for college students but has the materials elementary, middle, and high school students might need for reports and that the general public might need to understand the particular animal.

Available through the AADL Select Sites Libraries heading, the Internet Public Library is always available to quench your midnight AADL cravings. First check out the website’s FAQ to learn about the project’s ten-year history, from its beginnings at the University of Michigan School of Information to its current list of full-time paid staff. Then let your informational cravings take you on an adventure through the IPL’s vast collection of online resources. Just dying to learn more about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa? Check out the Art Attack link in the Fine Arts section to unveil a brief history of art theft and forgery. (Bonus: Mona Lisa’s googly eyes roll around in her head as you do so). Stressing over the number of cups in a gallon? Explore the IPL’s Ready Reference collection, which includes an online version of the Information Please Almanac. Sigh with relief upon discovering there are 16, and relax, because this library is always open and ready to help.

According to their website, "Slow Food, founded in 1986, is an international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life." Aside from their adorable snail logo, the website offers information on buying, caring for, and enjoying traditionally made foods, such as wine and cheese, as well as opportunities to explore their Taste Education programs, located in Italy, from afar.

The site allows you to search by movie title, characters, actors, and even quotes from dialogue. View complete cast lists and detailed filmographies and get lost in the dizzying possibilities for connections. Once you recall Bette Davis’s name, for example, you’re greeted with a biography of her life, photographs, and her filmography (every movie she ever made). IMDB also gives entertainment news, box office ratings, theaters and show times.

Through the AADL Select Sites heading Art and Art Museums you can visit the National Gallery of Art online. Learn about their extensive collection of art, plan a visit to the museum (which is always free), and take the web tour of the week.

More than 5,600 objects are available to view online, and many of them are organized into online tours, including 15 paintings by Gerard ter Borch, part of an exhibit that later traveled to the Detroit Institute of Arts. To further satisfy your curiousity, check out the catalogue of the exhibit, available at the Downtown Library.

Look up property in the city of Ann Arbor to find out the owner, the most recent sales price, the assessed value, the square footage, the number of rooms, the real estate taxes, how much of that tax went to support the public library, and to view a photograph of the house.

You can also search for comparables with sales within a certain time period, range of sales price, and range of square footage.

The Ann Arbor District Library (Second Floor of the Downtown Library) has the Ann Arbor News on microfilm. You can search for an obituary using the date of the death as a starting date. If there is an obituary, you will usually find it within the first two or three days after the date of death.

Need a repair manual that's checked out of the library? We know your car troubles can't wait for a book to be returned. That's why we subscribe to the Chilton Library Auto Repair database. Find the complete Chilton auto repair manuals going back to 1945 including step-by-step repair instructions, maintenance schedules, and diagrams.

Find out about all of the library's fun stuff for kids with AADL's parent page! JUMP is your stop to find recommended stuff for kids and learn about upcoming library events. Parents can also get information to plan their visit to the library an even find out about resources to help kids with their homework. It's all at jump.aadl.org!